The cow-tail switch, and other West African stories

Description:

This collection of seventeen short stories gathered in the Ashanti region of Africa depicts the origins of folk sayings and customs, animal ingenuity and trickery, and clever, as well as not so clever, people. The coauthor is George Herzog.

subjects: Tales,  Social life and customs,  Juvenile literature,  Folklore,  African Tales,  Ashanti (African people),  Newbery honor book,  Newbery Honor,  Folklore, africa, west,  Folklore, africa

Places: Africa,  West Africa